Sohl and Koch OFR # 808: Maastrichtian, Texas
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Sphenodiscidae
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Sphenodiscus sp.
Meek 1871
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Sphenodiscus sp. | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella cf. forgemoli
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90 specimens | |||||||||
| Turritella cf. T. forgemoli Coquan - originally entered as "Turritella cf. forgemoli" | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Euspira sp.
Agassiz 1837
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Euspira sp. | ||||||||||
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Polinices kummeli
Sohl 1960
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Polinices kummeli Sohl | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Triforidae
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Cerithiella sp. n. sp.
Verrill 1882
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| Cerithiella n. sp. (2 rows nodes) - originally entered as "Cerithiella n. sp." | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Buccinidae
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Buccinopsis sp.
Conrad 1857
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Buccinopsis sp. | ||||||||||
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Stantonella interupta
Conrad 1858
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| corrected as Stantonella interrupta | ||||||||||
| Stantonella interupta (Conrad) | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Volutidae
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? Myobarbum sp.
Sohl 1963
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Myobarbum ? sp. - originally entered as "Myobarbum ? sp." | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Tornidae
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Teinostoma sp. n. sp.
Adams and Adams 1853
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Teinostoma n. sp. (Large) - originally entered as "Teinostoma n. sp." | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Acteonidae
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Actaeon sp.
Oken 1815
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| replaced by Acteon | ||||||||||
| Acteon sp. - originally entered as "Acteon sp." | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
- Cylichnidae
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Cylichna sp.
Lovén 1846
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Cylichna sp. | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Mactridae
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Cymbophora inflata
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| Cymbophora inflata Stephenson | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Linearia sp.
(Conrad 1860)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| original and current combination Linearis | ||||||||||
| Linearia sp. | ||||||||||
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? Tellina sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Tellina ? sp. - originally entered as "Tellina ? sp." | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Trachycardium sp.
Mörch 1853
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8 specimens | |||||||||
| Trachycardium sp. | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Anomiidae
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Anomia (Anomia) ornata
Gabb 1876
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18 specimens | |||||||||
| Anomia (Anomia) ornata Gabb | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Ostrea sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Ostrea sp. | ||||||||||
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Crassostrea cortex
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5 specimens | |||||||||
| Crassostrea cortex (Conrad) | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Striarca cuneata
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| Striarca cuneata Gabb | ||||||||||
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Linter acutata
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Linter acutata Stephenson | ||||||||||
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unclassified
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Bryozoa indet.
Ehrenberg 1831
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| Bryozoa boring | ||||||||||
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Malacostraca
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Malacostraca indet.
(Latreille 1802)
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| Crab parts | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Texas | County: | Medina |
| Coordinates: | 29.4° North, 99.0° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 35.3° North, 77.7° West | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Maastrichtian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 8 |
| *Period: | Late/Upper Cretaceous | *Epoch: | Late/Upper Senonian |
| *International age/stage: | Middle - Late/Upper Maastrichtian | ||
| Key time interval: | Maastrichtian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Escondido | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Haustator bilira assemblage zone. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | gray lithified silty sandstone | ||
| Environment: | estuary/bay | Tectonic setting: | passive margin |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,original calcite,replaced with calcite |
| Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some macrofossils |
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | USGS |
| Collection method comments: Stephenson collection | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Dunlay; USGS # 10869 | ||
| Database number: | 4531 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Kosnik | Enterer: | M. Kosnik |
| Modifier: | M. Manojlovic | Research group: | GCP,marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 1999-08-14 13:00:00 | Last modified: | 2016-08-08 12:15:37 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1999-08-14 13:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 282. | N. F. Sohl and C. F. Koch. 1984. Upper Cretaceous (Maestrichtian) larger invertebrate Fossils from the Haustator bilira Assemblage Zone in the west gulf Coastal Plain. USGS Open File Report 84-687:1-282 [M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik] |
Secondary references:
| 29915 | J. A. Sessa, T. J. Bralower, M. E. Patzkowsky, J. C. Handley, and L. C. Ivany. 2012. Environmental and biological controls on the diversity and ecology of Late Cretaceous through early Paleogene marine ecosystems in the US Gulf Coastal Plain. Paleobiology 38(2):218-239 [M. Patzkowsky/J. Sessa/J. Sessa] |